Past Assignments - English 3

Week of August 29, 2011

File:United States one dollar bill, obverse.jpg
File:United States one dollar bill, obverse.jpg

Materials Checks This Week!
Tuesday, August 30 - Periods 1, 3, 5 external image msword.png Materials list Per 1, 3, 4, 7.aug11.doc
Wednesday, August 31 - Periods 4 and 7external image msword.png Materials list Per 5.aug11.doc

Monday, August 29

  • Finish Writing Sample from Friday - Is money a good or poor American value?
    • Topic Sentence - Good? Poor?
    • Explain 1 advantage of money as an American value.
    • Explain 1 disadvantage of money as an American vallue.
    • Explain your view and personal reasons.
    • Proofread before turning in your writing.
  • Research the $1 Bill
    • Find 2 online articles in the LRC that give you information about the highlighted topic on your $1 Bill assignment page. Print articles only if you find relevant and valuable information about your topic.
  • Homework-
    • Highlight 10 sentences in your articles that give details about your topic to share with the class.
    • Periods 1, 3, and 5 - Materials Check (24 points)

Tuesday, August 30

Periods 1, 3, and 5
  • Turn in homework highlighting
  • Materials Check (24 points)
  • Set up Reading Folder
  • 20 Independent Reading Minutes
  • Reading Journal entry
  • Homework - Any 1-day Late Work (loss of 10% credit)
Periods 4 and 7
  • Check 10 highlighted sentences on 2 sources.
  • Research groups of 2/3 - Determine the most accurate and informative answer to your pretest questions to share with the class.
  • Taking notes from your 2 sources: changing sentences into phrases
  • Homework-
    • Materials Check (24 points)
    • Notetaking - On looseleaf paper, change 10 sentences to 10 bullet points for use with your 3-paragraph essay
Wednesday, August 31
Periods 1, 3, and 5
  • Research groups of 2/3 - Determine the most accurate and informative answer to your pretest questions to share with the class.
  • Taking notes from your 2 sources: changing sentences into phrases
  • Homework-
    • Notetaking - On looseleaf paper, change 10 sentences to 10 bullet points for use with your 3-paragraph essay.
Periods 4 and 7
  • Materials Check (24 points)
  • Set up Reading Folder, weekly number of pages to read, bibliographical information
  • 20 Independent Reading Minutes
  • weekly Reading Journal
  • Homework-
    • Any 1-day Late Work (loss of 10% credit)

Thursday, September 1

  • Complete sides 1 and 2 of the Dollar Bill Pretest
  • All periods - 20 Reading Minutes and weekly Reading Journal page
  • Homework - Post-test on the Dollar Bill worksheet

Enjoy your 4-day Labor Day Weekend!